Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Banyamulenge and Religion

The Banyamulenge are, by and large, a people of faith--over 90% believe in God. People’s faith is underlined by a spirit of service to God and church: Young men and women sing in choirs, and many of them dream of becoming pastors or church elders when they grow up.

Services are joyful occasions, filled with prayer and songs of thanks and praise. They also do a dance in church called the "igisirimba", to the rhythm of the piano.

The custom is to go to church to three times each week, on saturday afternoon,sanday morning and afternoon.

We lost many Christians in massacre the Congo and in the refugee camp of Gatumba / Burundi in 2004. They had men who serve God and other men to serve God. Here’re the pictures or Banyamulenge serving God.

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